Aaron Severini composes music for concert, dance, film, television, and new media. Premieres include “Catch” performed by three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Cory Smythe at Davies Symphony Hall (CA). Aaron collaborates regularly with choreographers and has composed original scores for New York City Ballet, the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, The Juilliard School, and the New York Choreographic Institute. Severini's music has been licensed to underscore promotional campaigns for Cartier, Unicef, Squarespace, and MasterCard.

LEADERSHIP/ARTS educatION

Juilliard's Lunch & Learn:Lecture and open discussion with current Juilliard students, alumni, and administration about the collaborative process between dancers, choreographers, musicians, and composers.

The Opera-Composer Collaborative Project (OperaComp): Co-founder/Co-Artistic Director, OperaComp is a student-run interdisciplinary program at Juilliard where composers, playwrights, directors, singers, actors, and instrumentalists learn the craft of collaboration in the making of new opera.

Juilliard Pre-College Composers and New York City Ballet: Developed and felicitated an educational project that allows Juilliard Pre-College composers to attend New York City Ballet’s orchestra and stage rehearsals of Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. This unique opportunity gives young composers a chance to observe the orchestra rehearsing with NYCB dancers and to study the score while learning about all the elements that go into creating a theatrical production.